NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana - New Orleans native Bruce Seals hasn’t laced up his sneakers to play in an NBA game in 34 years, but you couldn’t tell it had been that long during Saturday’s National Basketball Retired Players Association’s basketball camp at A.L. Davis Playground. Seals, 59, was energetic, tossing passes to youth camp participants, making a few shots and stopping several times for autographs from fans that remembered him when he was a star at Booker T. Washington High School and Xavier University of Louisiana, before playing three seasons in the NBA with the Seattle SuperSonics from 1975 to 1978.The clinic was part of the retired players association’s World Sports Conference in New Orleans, which began Friday and has involved former players speaking to students at schools, visiting with patients at Children’s Hospital in New Orleans and taking part in a life skills clinic.
Former New Orleans city councilman Arnold Fielkow is the CEO of the retired players association and is responsible for bringing its three-day conference to the Crescent City.
Along with Seals, a number of former players participated in Saturday’s clinic, including New Orleans natives Aaron James, Jaren Jackson and Eldridge Recasner, who played for the Charlotte Hornets from 1998 to 2001.
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